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Parliamentarian profile · Jan–Mar 2026

Josh Burns

ALPVICMACNAMARA

Claimed in Jan-Mar 2026

$117,679

0.8× medianmedian MP $142,411 in Jan-Mar 2026

Of which $58,219 was discretionary (excludes Office Facilities). Repaid to the public purse this quarter: $0 · lifetime repaid $2,451.

Lifetime claimed since Apr-Jun 2023: $3.9 million across 12 quarters.

Quarterly trend

2023Q02 → 2026Q01

What was claimed, by category

Categories in Jan–Mar 2026, ranked by amount.

  1. Office Facilities
    $59,461
  2. Office Administration
    $24,240
  3. Employee Travel
    $19,181
  4. Scheduled Commercial Transport
    $4,566
  5. Other Car Costs
    $4,557
  6. International Travel
    $2,943
  7. Travel Allowance
    $1,465
  8. Family Travel
    $760

Largest individual claims this quarter

  1. Aggregated Total
    Office Facilities
    $59,460.54
  2. Aggregated Total
    Employee Travel
    $19,180.52
  3. Printing and Communications 1 Nov 25
    Office Administration
    $10,000.00
  4. Printing and Communications 24 Jul 25
    Office Administration
    $2,500.00
  5. Delegation - Ground transport
    International Travel · 2023-07-12
    $2,489.97
  6. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $2,233.00
  7. Flags 1 Feb 26
    Office Administration
    $1,337.76
  8. Sydney to Melbourne 17 Dec 25
    Scheduled Commercial Transport · Sydney → Melbourne
    $1,252.95
  9. Lease rental 10/12/2025 to 09/01/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,226.28
  10. Lease rental 10/01/2026 to 09/02/2026
    Other Car Costs
    $1,226.28

Sources

  • Headline, category breakdown, and largest claims: IPEA quarterly expenditure report, 2026Q01 — sourced from data.gov.au/data/organization/ipea.
  • Trend line: same source across 12 quarters (2023Q02 → 2026Q01). Median-MP comparison computed across all parliamentarians active in each quarter.
  • Identity: party, state, electorate, and role are read directly from the source CSV. From 2022Q03 onwards, MPs are tracked by a stable IPEA OfficeCode; earlier rows match by name.
  • Repayments sourced from the IPEA quarterly repayments CSV (available from 2022Q03 onwards). They are reported as a separate line, not netted off the gross total — ReportingPeriodId on a repayment marks when the money was paid back, not when the original claim was made. Adjustments are still not integrated. See methodology for the full list of caveats.